(29 Jul 2022, 8:43 am)Unber43 wrote Should branded buses even be a thing a Deptford, there is currently 3 Prince Bishops on the 26/5/9/24 Circuit, with 2 Corporate on the 20.

I must say Drifters VOR is quite high with 5 out of the 8 not being on. That could be due to the cancellations off this morning, but it is getting beyond a joke.

You're going to have this until re-paints etc are completed. The paint shop only has a limited capacity, and I don't think GNE could win whichever way they did it. Doing re-paints beforehand would have suggested the consultation had a pre-determined outcome, and doing them afterwards ends up in enthusiasts (I don't think the general public care) complaining about incorrect allocations.

(29 Jul 2022, 9:34 am)cbma06 wrote GNE need going back to the basics, branding the buses in the Sunderland and district brands was always going to fail especially if deptford fleet is more branded buses than corporate buses, made a mockery out of the Sunderland and district name and not using the original brand colours, it seems GNE are more biased with the consett fleet (with using the venture name and original colours, and overdone with the xlines brand , If double deckers were allocated on the 78 GNE would of came up with the idea of having that as xlines aswell, and using deptford for all crap ideas, all services from deptford should be in corporate colours even the 20 and 60, there need to restart there image again but from scratch and not branded routes.

How many people are going to remember the Sunderland and District name together with the blue colour scheme? It was introduced around 1970 and work started re-painting them out of it during 1975, so anyone younger than about 50 is not going to remember it!